Lion's Leap

13.9 mi · ▲ 1,881 ft · 5 hr 34 min

Lion's Leap is a 13.9-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,881 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,893 – 6,798 ft · steepest grade: 18%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail 39.37332, -120.25151
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA

Directions

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Lion's Leap

13.9 mi · ▲ 1,881 ft · 5 hr 34 min

Elevation 5,893–6,799 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail · 39.37332, -120.25151

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start on East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lion's Leap, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  21. 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 2.3 miBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.9 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading NE.
  26. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  27. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  30. 2.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  32. 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  33. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  34. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  35. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  36. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  37. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  38. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  39. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  40. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  41. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  42. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  44. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  46. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  47. 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
  48. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  49. 150 ftTurn left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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